Train Crash Injures Brakeman On Missouri Limited
Morning accident at Burlington depot when train No 95 derailed into baggage cars due to a misset switch. Brakeman J A Schumacher of Chicago was badly injured, dragged about 35 feet, taken to St Marys hospital with a foot injury and bruises. engine damaged and a new engine needed. Schumacher narrowly escaped death as he was dragged beneath wheels.
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Missouri Limited
Burlington
J. A A. Schumacher
Chicago
St. Mary’s Hospital
Shumaker
Schumacher
Shoemaker
Schumacher Faces Injury From Train Accident
He had bruises on his side and back. Schumacher, 29, was preparing to leave on train No. 56 for Chicago when the accident occurred.
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Schumacher
Chicago
Policeman Burke Killed by Robbers in Chicago
Chicago scene reports Policeman John C. Burke, famed marksman, shot and killed while pursuing a grocery wagon thief. Burke and partner Mitchell had faced three robbers a month earlier. Burke wounded two, Mitchell died. Burke fired twice before collapsing as the slayer escaped.
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Chicago
John C. Burke
Mitchell
Burke
Hurley Urges U S to Seize Latin American Trade
E N Hurley of the Federal Trade Commission urged American manufacturers at the Southern Commercial Congress in Charleston to pursue Central and South American opportunities before postwar competition tightens. He said firms should meet Latin American market requirements more earnestly.
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Charleston
S.C
U. S
Central
South America
Southern Commercial Congress
E. N. Hurley
Federal Trade Commission
Peace Proposals Stir Hungarian Parliament Speech
In Budapest on December 7, Count Karolyi, leader of the independent party, urged the government to present peace proposals to the powers. The Hungarian press censored the speech and all foreign dispatches covering it were halted, sparking sensational reaction reported by the Morning Post.
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London
Count Karolyi
Independent Party
Morning Post
Budapest
Quincy merchants to hold five minute salesmanship talk
All salepeople invited to a five minute talk on salesmanship and store discipline at the Doerr department store this evening between 6 15 and 6 20 o clock. Executives from many firms have signified intent to attend and will urge their staffs to join in this first of a series promoting welfare and camaraderie among Quincy merchants.
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Doerr
Quincy
W. T. Duker
Kansas City
Baltimore
Brisk Battle Reported in Chihuahua Campaign
Laredo Texas December 16 official advices at Carranza headquarters in Nuevo Laredo described a December 14 clash near Camargo Chihuahua between Villa forces and government troops. Many Villa prisoners were taken and insurgent losses were heavy. Campaign progresses as troops commanded by Gen Jacinco B Trevino push in the area.
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Camargo
Carranza
Jiminez
Jacinco B. Trevino
New Haven Lawyer Robbins Faces Sherman Law Case
New York December 16 The tangled financial transaction alleged to have been engineered by Edward D Robbins former general counsel of the New Haven railroad to move the steamships Harvard and Yale to the Pacific coast netted him a profit of 691000 dollars according to government counsel. The trial involves Robbins and ten other former directors charged with criminal violation of the Sherman law.
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New.haven
New York
Edward D. Robbins
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Harvard
Yale
Pacific Coast
Robbins
New Flaven Road
Regard Loan As Success
The Times notes the fall in price of the Anglo French bonds sold in the United States and says the European loan is regarded as satisfactory. It was the first European loan offered to U.S. investors and attracted American funds for 60,000,000 pounds sterling, a novel experiment for U.S. buyers.
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London
U. S
The
Times
U.S
Austrian note handed to Penfield at noon
Press dispatches from Vienna say the Austrian note was handed to Ambassador Penfield at noon yesterday, making its receipt at the state department practically certain for tomorrow. Earlier reports had set delivery for Tuesday.
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Washington
Vienna
Wantonly shelled says a survivor from Ancona sinking
George K. Moore of Pawtucket Rhode Island, aboard the liner Ancona when sunk in the Mediterranean on November 7, describes the disaster as wantonly shelled. He criticizes the crew for poor conduct and notes only four lifeboats were lowered. He says the ship was sunk about eighteen minutes after the first shot and shells fell among lifeboats.
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Pawtucket
R. I
Ancona
Mediterranean
George K. Moore
Boston
Ancona. Mr. Moore Arrived In Boston Today On the Steamer Cretic
Naples
Ife
Messina
Villa Battle Termination Debate at War Council
El Paso December 16 Villa attends a Chihuahua council of war where termination of Villa and opposition to the Carranza de facto government become live issues. Americans arriving from the south provided the information tonight.
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Villa
EL Paso
Tex
Carranza
Chihuahua
South
United States Threatens to Sever Relations Over Austria Note
The United States warns Austria-Hungary it will sever diplomatic relations if it does not disavow the act that cost innocent lives. Washington awaits the official text of the note on the Ancona issue and signals a prompt demand for disavowal, punishment of the submarine commander, and reparations. A renewed note would repeat and intensify the demands without delay.
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Washington
United States
Austria-Hungary
Ancona
Amsterdam
London
United’ States
Vienna
Austria
Hungary
State Department In Dark Over Vienna Reply
The State Department had received no official information from its sources that Ambassador Penfield in Vienna received a reply. Baron Erich Zwiedinek, chargé d affaires for the Austro Hungarian embassy here, said the reply had been delivered.
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State Department
Penfield
Vienna
Erich Zwiedinek
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